Fr. Tom McCarthy, OSA, spoke about his “two close friends” to close out the fifth season of the “Anything is Possible” Speaker Series at St. John’s Resort on May 27.

Those two friends happened to be St. Rita of Cascia and the man he knew as Fr. Robert Prevost, OSA, but the world now knows as Pope Leo XIV.

“I’m very grateful that I get to talk about a very dear friend of mine, St. Rita,” Fr. McCarthy said. “Then, I’m going to talk about another dear friend, Pope Leo, but we’ll start with ladies first, OK?”

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Augustinian preacher speaks about his 'two friends,' St. Rita and Pope Leo XIV - Detroit Catholic

AIP Speaker Series' fifth season ends with biography of St. Rita and insights into Pope Leo XIV from a Midwest Augustinian friar